Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen...

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen...

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...